Our Owners' Counsel colleague from New Jersey, Anthony Della Pelle, has posted some thoughts on the New Jersey Supreme Court's recent decision in Borough of Harvey Cedars v. Karan, No. 070512 (July 8, 2013). That's the case about valuation issues when there's a partial taking of littoral property in order to erect protective dunes. Tony's thoughts are well worth reading.

In that vein, on Wednesday, August 14, 2013, starting at noon ET, we'll be joining Tony and other experts to speak at the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education's teleseminar on "Eminent Domain and Regulatory Takings: 2014 Update." We'll be talking the Harvey Cedars case, Koontz, and legislative developments in the Garden State. More details to come shortly.

More plastic bag bans, this time from our old friend, Marin County, California. In Save the Plastic Bag Coalition v. County of Marin, No. A133868 (Cal. App. June 25, 2013), the Calfornia Court of Appeal upheld the County's determination that its ordinance banning plastic grocery bags and imposing a fee on paper bags was categorically exempt from CEQA. There's a law review article in here somewhere, as this joins a list of other California cases that have dealt with challenges to local plastic bag bans. Seehere, here, and here, for example.

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